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Occupational Therapist - (EDRP Authorized)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
On-site Temple, TX $100K – $130K Apply by Oct 9, 2026 Occupational Therapist ENFJESFJINFPISFP Healthcare
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This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program, a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Addresses the Veteran's rehabilitation potential, behavior and any psychosocial aspects of care.
- →Barriers to learning are identified and strategies to overcome them are developed and implemented to ensure accurate patient evaluation.
- →Administers and interprets recognized tests and measurements to determine baseline level of functioning and treatment applications which will enable patients to achieve valued functional outcomes.
- →Documents results as established in Scopes of Assessments and makes clinical treatment recommendations.
- →Independently plans, coordinates, and carries out treatment program and re-evaluates and adjusts OT treatment as appropriate.
- →Responsible for the management and organization of the treatment area and works independently in planning and carrying out a treatment program to meet complex treatment objectives.
- →Problems not covered by guides are solved independently by utilizing specialized skills, knowledge, and experience.
- →Independently solves complex problems related to OT.
- →Adapts and modifies treatment plans, activities, and procedures to meet the needs of the Veterans.
- →Conducts and documents PM&RS screening assessments in compliance with Joint Commission Standards and CARF making recommendations for treatment to meet a wide variety of complex rehabilitation needs and responds to requests/referrals for treatment.
- →Serves as the PM&RS member of the respective interdisciplinary treatment teams.
- →Provides Veteran with splints and/or adaptive equipment as needed to attain treatment goals.
- →Educates Veteran and significant other in the proper application/installation/use for a specific device.
- →Monitors Veteran's response to program, summarizes and analyzes Veteran's performance, and modifies program and goals when necessary to meet Veteran's needs as situations and performance changes to attain projected functional outcomes.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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